{"id":897587,"date":"2025-12-23T21:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851588208"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:53:14","slug":"elden-ring-fans-let-down-by-the-dlcs-ending-are-missing-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/elden-ring-fans-let-down-by-the-dlcs-ending-are-missing-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring Fans Let Down By The DLC\u2019s Ending Are Missing The Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/elden-ring-fans-let-down-by-the-dlcs-ending-are-missing-the-point.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree-dlc-expansion-review-1851545505\">Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree<\/a> launched some weeks ago, meaning players have hopefully managed to surmount its immensely difficult fights (<a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/elden-ring-dlc-radahn-final-boss-tank-all-hit-run-1851566306\">the last one in particular<\/a>) and roll credits on the expansion. However, a contingent of players have found themselves <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Eldenring\/comments\/1doot8c\/ending_of_dlc_felt_a_bit_empty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">underwhelmed by the conclusion<\/a>, and the expansion\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/elden-ring-shadow-erdtree-lore-disappointed-fans-ending-1851588208\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/elden-ring-shadow-erdtree-lore-disappointed-fans-ending-1851588208\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree launched some weeks ago, meaning players have hopefully managed to surmount its immensely difficult fights (the last one in particular) and roll credits on the expansion. However, a contingent of players have found themselves underwhelmed by the conclusion, and the expansion\u2019s\u2026 Read more&#8230; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":897588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[8688,9182,435,964,965,12571,13023,6577,6578],"class_list":["post-897587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-action-role-playing-video-games","tag-bandai-namco-games","tag-demons-souls","tag-elden-ring","tag-fromsoftware","tag-malenia","tag-miquella","tag-video-games-developed-in-japan","tag-windows-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elden Ring Fans Let Down By The DLC\u2019s Ending Are Missing The Point | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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